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Does anyone have any opinions on these classes/professors?:
Course LIT 333 New Directions-Contemporary Fiction
Professor Bradford Morrow
CRN 15344
Schedule
Mon 1:30 -3:50 pm
OLIN 201
Distribution
OLD: A/B
NEW: Literature in English
The diversity of voices, styles, and forms employed by innovative contemporary prose fiction writers is matched only by the range of cultural and political issues chronicled in their works. In this course we will closely examine novels and collections of short fiction from the last quarter century in order to begin to define the state of the art for this historical period. Particular emphasis will be placed on analysis of work by some of the more pioneering practitioners of the form. Authors whose work we will read include Cormac McCarthy, Angela Carter, Thomas Bernhard, Jeanette Winterson, Kazuo Ishiguro, William Gaddis, Michael Ondaatje, Jamaica Kincaid, and others. One or two writers are scheduled to visit class to discuss their books and read from recent work.
Course ECON 102 B Introduction to Macroeconomics
Professor Andrew Pearlman
CRN 15411
Schedule Mon Wed 11:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: A / E / Q NEW: Social Science
Cross-listed: GISP
This course begins with the examination of the aggregate behavior of modern economies: the factors leading to economic growth, explanations of booms and recessions, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, budget deficits or surpluses, and international trade. We will also analyze the government’s ability (or inability) to use monetary and fiscal policies to achieve economic goals such as full employment and price stability. Throughout the course, we will debate whether government should use monetary and fiscal policy tools to try to “fine tune” the economy and what the likely effects of such government involvement are. We will analyze these issues using current domestic and international examples. Econ 101 and 102 may be taken in either order.
Course PS 327 American Politics Seminar: Religion and Politics
Professor Mark Lindeman
CRN 15146
Schedule Th 10:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: C / E NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference
Cross-listed: American Studies, Religion
This course illustrates the application of various research methods to a major theme in American politics: the impact of religious identities, movements, and divides - including the apparent contemporary cleavage between religious and secular Americans. We will consider, for instance, Supreme Court rulings, oral history and other historical accounts, quantitative public opinion analysis, and empirical tests of hypotheses about how divergent religious beliefs play out in public policy debates. Topics include the role of religious beliefs and institutions in major social movements such as the civil rights and anti-abortion movements; and contemporary debates about the proper relationship between “church and state.” Texts will include portions of George Lakoff’s Moral Politics, James Morone’s Hellfire Nation, Stephen Carter’s The Culture of Disbelief, Pat Robertson’s The New World Order, Donna Minkowitz’s Ferocious Romance, Bruce Bawer’s Stealing Jesus, Kristin Luker’s Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, and others. Students will write responses to readings and make oral presentations about topics relevant to the major theme of the course. Students will also write research papers, which (by arrangement with the instructor) may treat any topic in American politics.
Course SOC 338 Welfare States in Comparative Perspective
Professor Michael Donnelly
CRN 15018
Schedule Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: C NEW: Social Science
Cross-listed: GISP, Human Rights, Political Studies
PIE CORE COURSE
“The era of big government is over.” Is it? If so, with what consequences? This course retraces the main lines of development of the welfare state, examining the social demands and political conflicts out of which “welfare” emerged, and the values and principles which have subsequently informed welfare policies. The course proceeds, secondly, to consider debates and conflicts over the scope and aims of welfare states during the last two decades. It ends, finally, by considering innovative policy ideas to reform the welfare state or bring it into line with changing realities. Case studies will be drawn from Sweden, Germany, Britain, Italy, and the USA; comparison of the limited, piecemeal approach of the US with more comprehensive European social democracy will be a consistent focus. The policy arenas to be discussed will include youth unemployment and job sharing; equal opportunity for women; the social integration of marginalized groups; flexible time regimes; and the challenge of an aging population.
Does anyone have any opinions on these classes/professors?:
Course LIT 333 New Directions-Contemporary Fiction
Professor Bradford Morrow
CRN 15344
Schedule
Mon 1:30 -3:50 pm
OLIN 201
Distribution
OLD: A/B
NEW: Literature in English
The diversity of voices, styles, and forms employed by innovative contemporary prose fiction writers is matched only by the range of cultural and political issues chronicled in their works. In this course we will closely examine novels and collections of short fiction from the last quarter century in order to begin to define the state of the art for this historical period. Particular emphasis will be placed on analysis of work by some of the more pioneering practitioners of the form. Authors whose work we will read include Cormac McCarthy, Angela Carter, Thomas Bernhard, Jeanette Winterson, Kazuo Ishiguro, William Gaddis, Michael Ondaatje, Jamaica Kincaid, and others. One or two writers are scheduled to visit class to discuss their books and read from recent work.
Course ECON 102 B Introduction to Macroeconomics
Professor Andrew Pearlman
CRN 15411
Schedule Mon Wed 11:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: A / E / Q NEW: Social Science
Cross-listed: GISP
This course begins with the examination of the aggregate behavior of modern economies: the factors leading to economic growth, explanations of booms and recessions, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, budget deficits or surpluses, and international trade. We will also analyze the government’s ability (or inability) to use monetary and fiscal policies to achieve economic goals such as full employment and price stability. Throughout the course, we will debate whether government should use monetary and fiscal policy tools to try to “fine tune” the economy and what the likely effects of such government involvement are. We will analyze these issues using current domestic and international examples. Econ 101 and 102 may be taken in either order.
Course PS 327 American Politics Seminar: Religion and Politics
Professor Mark Lindeman
CRN 15146
Schedule Th 10:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: C / E NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference
Cross-listed: American Studies, Religion
This course illustrates the application of various research methods to a major theme in American politics: the impact of religious identities, movements, and divides - including the apparent contemporary cleavage between religious and secular Americans. We will consider, for instance, Supreme Court rulings, oral history and other historical accounts, quantitative public opinion analysis, and empirical tests of hypotheses about how divergent religious beliefs play out in public policy debates. Topics include the role of religious beliefs and institutions in major social movements such as the civil rights and anti-abortion movements; and contemporary debates about the proper relationship between “church and state.” Texts will include portions of George Lakoff’s Moral Politics, James Morone’s Hellfire Nation, Stephen Carter’s The Culture of Disbelief, Pat Robertson’s The New World Order, Donna Minkowitz’s Ferocious Romance, Bruce Bawer’s Stealing Jesus, Kristin Luker’s Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, and others. Students will write responses to readings and make oral presentations about topics relevant to the major theme of the course. Students will also write research papers, which (by arrangement with the instructor) may treat any topic in American politics.
Course SOC 338 Welfare States in Comparative Perspective
Professor Michael Donnelly
CRN 15018
Schedule Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm OLIN 303
Distribution OLD: C NEW: Social Science
Cross-listed: GISP, Human Rights, Political Studies
PIE CORE COURSE
“The era of big government is over.” Is it? If so, with what consequences? This course retraces the main lines of development of the welfare state, examining the social demands and political conflicts out of which “welfare” emerged, and the values and principles which have subsequently informed welfare policies. The course proceeds, secondly, to consider debates and conflicts over the scope and aims of welfare states during the last two decades. It ends, finally, by considering innovative policy ideas to reform the welfare state or bring it into line with changing realities. Case studies will be drawn from Sweden, Germany, Britain, Italy, and the USA; comparison of the limited, piecemeal approach of the US with more comprehensive European social democracy will be a consistent focus. The policy arenas to be discussed will include youth unemployment and job sharing; equal opportunity for women; the social integration of marginalized groups; flexible time regimes; and the challenge of an aging population.